"It hurt me in the soul that they have branded me a traitor but I can't do anything about it."

-- Diego Maradona telling Radio Mitre how upset he was to be labeled a traitor by fans of Boca Juniors, his former club, following Boca playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme's decision last week to quit the Argentine national team, saying that he could not work with Maradona, the coach.